Academy of Armitage Studies -- the Research continues

[Theresahollyinyourmind]

Welcome to our newest faculty building. Make yourselves comfortable and ignore the smell of paint. We cannot keep up with the demand for new premises.

It is a help to be able to hide behind a veneer of culture. Hence too all the 'pomes' and medieval such-like that was going on last night.

Otherwise I don't think I'd be able to admit even to myself how obsessed I have become in the past couple of months. I thought I was well over such shenanigans.

But I am interested in the culture as a side-line.

Near Luton. Took 2.5 hrs there and 2.5 hours back.

What is culture?

Like, all that books and po-ay-tree and thee-ay-ter s**t, innit, Snowy.
Glad you are safe.

I'm still attempting to recover from that Beowulf quote - have no idea what it meant but it sounded beautiful...

Holly - watch your language or you'll have Prof Flowers after you!

You mean like the po ay tree of Ndubz?

MrsLNP, here is a lengthy review of LOTN, as read by Mr Armitage, which also gives us the Beowulf quote, together with the meaning. That is billed as 'a delicious thrill', which I suppose means

I listened to it again and there is an English translation of the quote afterwards. Have listened to bits and bobs whilst transferring it to pc and it sounds like a good story - quite surprised at how much I'm looking forward to listening to it tbh.

Have ordered Sunne in Splendour from my good old library too!

Holly, did you also read the lovely interview with RA on that site?

Just read that Mrs LN. I like that he cites Danny Champion of the World as a fave, it's one of mine and I have been trying to encourage my DS to read it (he adores reading btw) but I think it's a tiny bit too old for him at the mo.

Yes, I did, MrsLNP. Very thoughtful and thought-inspiring. In fact I'm going to go and read it again, and have a bit of a swoon.

On re-reading the Vulpes Libres interview, the fact that he was reading a book about Blake now seems more significant.

I just like Dahl .

Yeah. Offspring was a big fan of Dahl before she moved on to Harry Potter. I was referring to The Sunne in Splendour, which comes at the recommendation of Armitage pere.

The Man himself was named after Richard III, as he was born on the anniversary of R3rd's death in the Battle of Bosworth Field, hence all the tenuous connections.

Well, I am swooning at the mention of one of my fave books, It by Stephen King. I don't like horror as a rule, but the King characters are usually so good. And this is just about the most convincing portrayal of children I have come across in a long time. Or maybe I just think that because they remind me so much of my own childhood.

Missy, I am putting forward the excuse that I think our Mr A has read The Sonne in Splendour as well as his dad. And it has I'm sure reminded us of what a fascinating mystery the reign of Richard III is. Honest!

Missy, the academy would be the poorer without your in-depth studies on the social condition in the 19th century cotton industry.

As for the rest, I am at a bit of a loose end mentally and am always looking for suggestions for a good read, yet haven't the time to go and seek out some for myself.

The mention of Blake earlier has put me in mind of the dark satanic mills of the cotton industry. And their brooding, saturnine owner.

Who ''will not cease from mental strife...''
Does he have a sword too, as well as Gizzy? I hope he's a mite more careful with it, if he does.
Now, a biography about Blake might be another something to read. Even though it is no longer relevent.

oops, I see I misquoted

Now that is what I call fanfic. So beautiful. Would that all fanfics were that perfect, but alas, the urge for self-expression sometimes outstrips experience in telling a tale.

Here is a rather dark but none the less divine countenance to gaze upon, as an illustration for your reading.

Crikey. An astral body indeed.

Let me turn the lamp up a couple of notches for you

Oh, that is one of the very finest daguerreotypes of dear, darling Mr Thornton.

Who turned the heating up?